From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.
Meanings
Having a low concentration.
Clean the panel with a dilute, neutral cleaner.
Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
la mollis (weak) · fr diluée (having a low concentration) · ru разбавленный (having a low concentration) · fr dilué (having a low concentration) · tl malabnaw (having a low concentration) · he דל (weak) · ro diluat (having a low concentration) · de verwässert (weak) · tl binantuan (having a low concentration) · la imbecillus (weak) · fi laiha (weak) · hu híg (having a low concentration) · fi laimea (having a low concentration) · mi waimeha (having a low concentration) · fi mieto (having a low concentration) · de verdünnt (having a low concentration) · fr faible (weak) · la dilutus (having a low concentration) · he חלש (weak) · is veikur (weak) · pl rozcieńczony (having a low concentration) · he מדולל (having a low concentration) · is þynnt (having a low concentration) · ru разведённый (having a low concentration) · ga caol (weak) · fi laimennettu (weak) · is þynntur (having a low concentration) · bg разреден (having a low concentration)
From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.
Meanings
An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
On average, blues and other dilutes have weaker coats and skin problems seem more prevalent in the dilutes. 2000, Joe Stahlkuppe, American Pit Bull Terrier Handbook, page 131:
From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.
Meanings
(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more. 1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem:
(transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
Courts have repeatedly struck down Republican-drawn maps on the grounds that they constitute illegal racial gerrymanders designed to dilute the electoral power of Black voters, who overwhelmingly cast Democratic ballots. 2025 October 27, Russell Berman, “‘California Is Allowed to Hit Back’”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2025:
“Stay a little.”
“Not another second: language and discussion dilute thought; I will say no more.” 1856, L. S. Lavenu, chapter XXXIII, in Erlesmere; or, Contrasts of Character, volume 1, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 336:
For if these Colours be diluted and weakened by the Mixture of any adventitious light, the distance between the places of the Paper will not be so great. 1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “[The First Book of Opticks. Part I.] ”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 36:
It's healthy to have people in the military who would perhaps rather be somewhere else; they can dilute the more gung-ho military types. 1980 August 30, Jil Clark, quoting Jane, “Gays Talk About Registration and the Draft”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 9:
(transitive) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
(intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
is þynna (to weaken) · uk розвести́ (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · uk розво́дити (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · fi vesittää (to weaken) · ja 希釈する (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · sv tunna ut (to weaken) · fr diluer (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · el αραιώνω (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · la deminuere (to weaken) · vi pha loãng (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · mg mampihena (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · bo སླ་རུ་འགྲོ (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · gl diluír (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · fi laimentaa (to weaken) · he דילדל (to weaken) · fi jatkaa (to weaken) · bg разреждам (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · la hebetare (to weaken) · hu hígít (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · ms mencair (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · de verwässern (to weaken) · ro dilua (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · bo སླ་པོ་བཟོ (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · la affligere (to weaken) · is veikja (to weaken) · de abschwächen (to weaken) · bo བསྲེ་ལྷད་གཏོང (to weaken) · fi heikentää (to weaken) · fi ohentaa (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · bg разводнявам (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · uk розба́вити (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · cs ředit (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · fi laimentaa (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · sv späda ut (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · ar خَفَّفَ (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · cs zředit (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · ru разба́вить (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · uk розбавля́ти (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · es diluir (to weaken) · ca diluir (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · bo སླ་རུ་གཏོང (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · he החליש (to weaken) · fi dilutoida (stock market: to decrease the value of individual shares by increasing the total number of shares) · ja 薄める (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · cmn 稀釋 /稀释 (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · de verdünnen (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · de verwässern (stock market: to decrease the value of individual shares by increasing the total number of shares) · ru размыва́ть (stock market: to decrease the value of individual shares by increasing the total number of shares) · pt diluir (to weaken) · pt diluir (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · la diluere (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · sv tunna ut (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · he דל—also sp. דלל (to weaken) · is þynna (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · fr couper (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · it diluire (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · nl verdunnen (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · bo ལྷད་གཏོང (to weaken) · kmr ron (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · es desleír (to weaken) · sh razblažiti (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · fi laimentaa (stock market: to decrease the value of individual shares by increasing the total number of shares) · sv späda ut (stock market: to decrease the value of individual shares by increasing the total number of shares) · pl rozcieńczać (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · mi waimeha (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · ru разбавля́ть (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · sv späda ut (to weaken) · es diluir (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water) · he דילל (to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water)